Vehicle-tire.



B. SWINEHART.

VEHICLE TIRE.

APPLIOATIGN FILED Nov. 29, 1907.

926,969. A Patented July 6, 19o9 BENJAMIN C. SWINEHART, Ol AKRON, OHIO.

VEHICLE-TIRE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .ruiy e, 190e.

Application filed November 29, 1907. Serial No. 404,278.

To all 'whof/a 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMiNC. SwiNE- HART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county-of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful'lmprovements in V chicle-Tires, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in elastic tires for vehicle wheels.

The object of the invention is to provide'a tire of elastic material provided with circumforcntially-extending ridges along the base portion, said base portion having a plurality of layers of fabric incorporated therein extending outwardly into said ridges and arranged substantially parallel with. the outer surfaces of the base and ridges and vulcanized in the material of the tire.

A further object of the invention is to embed in the base portion of the tire a plurality of separated transversely-extending wires or bars with the medial ortions thereof vulcanized in the material o which the `tire is composed and with the ends of said wires or bars terminatingin said ridges and em bedded in said layers `of fabric whereby the ends of said bars are approximately inclosed `by the fabric which prevents w caring or tear- 'ing of .the tire when in use and .the cross wires from spreading or moving a art when a load is imposed on the tread of tfie tire adjacent to said cross wires. The embedding of the ends of the cross wires in the layers of,

fabric in the lateral ridges of the tire securely anchors them against movement, but at the same time permits the rubber intervening between the various cross wires to stretch or yield when under compression due to a load.

The invention further contemplates mounting a tire so constructedin atwo-part clencher rim, the members of which are provided with inturned later-al iianges adapted to engage the lateral ridges of the tire for holding the same on a wheel rim and simultaneously said cross wires or bars embedded in said fabric by reason of the snug engagement of the rim with the lateral faces of the tire.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts constituting the invention. to be hereinafter specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part hereof wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be y understood that changes, variations and modifications can bc resorted to which come within the scopeof the claim hereunto appended. y

The drawing presented is a transverse wheel, with a tire embodying this invention mounted thereon in operative relation therewith.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference numeral l denotes an elastic tire which may be constructed in continuous lengths or in the form of an annulus, preferably provided with a plurality of beads 2 on its tread portion and having along the sides thereof grooves or concave portions 3. The base portion of thetire is provided with circumferentially-extending ridges 5 adapted to fit the common type of clencherrim, and incorporated in. the lower portion thereof are one or mmore layers of fabric 4 extending outwardly into said lateral ridges and referably arranged approximately )aralle with the outer surfaces of the base of the tire and said ridges, both to strengthen the same and to provide means in which to embed the ends of separated transversely-extending wires or bars '6. The wiresfor bars 6 are, as before stated, preferably spaced apart from each other a preferred distance with the medial portions thereof embedded in the material of which the tire is composed and with the ends thereof embedded in the layers of fabric which are extended outwardly into the lateral ridges 5, so that the ends of the wires are inclosed to such an extent as to prevent injury to the material of the tire when in use. The wires 6 are placed in the body of the tire during the making thereof with their ends embedded in the fabric and are so vulcanized that when the tire leaves the mold after vulcanization, the ends of the wires are approximately covered by the fabric extending into the ridges 5. n

This tirefis adapted to be mounted on a split clencher rim comprising two members 7 and 8 provided with inturned hook-shaped side flanges 9 common in this type of rim. The combined width of the two members 7 and 8 is such that when the tire is positioned on the rim the base portion will be sufficiently compressed to keep the ends of the cross wires or bars 6 embedded in the layers of fabric 4 which are extended outwardly into the ridges 5.

This tire with its rim composed of the members 7 and 8 is designed to be seated sectional view of the tire portion of a vehicle upon a vehicle wheel rim comprising prefer aily a l'elly 10 having a peripheral rim 11 with lateral iianges 12', secured to the felly by means of olts 13 eX- tending tlufrethrough. The Widthl of the i'elly 10 and rim 1l is preferably such that when the lateral flanges 12 are drawn'snngly against the. felly by means of the lbolts 13 the flanges 12 will compress the two inembers 7 and 8 of the rim onto the lateral ridges 5 of the tire, thereby securely holding the tire in position with the ends of the cross Wires or bars embedded in the layers of fabric.

From the foregoing it Will be seen that the transversely-extending Wires or bars 6 eX tended as they are into the ridges 5 and under the overhanging edges of the riin in connection With which they are ada ted to be` used are prevented from being orced outwardly therefrom and the base of the tire is thereby secured in position. Further, the

` ordinary Wear incident to the employment of cross wires inthe base of the t1re-is a proximately eliminated, by reason of t e fact that the ends of these cross wires are elnbedded in the tough weanresistinglayers of fabric which constltute not only a ortion of the base of the tire but als'o of t e lateral ridges 5, the ends of the Wires therein being so completelyv covered as -to preyent their cutting or .tearing the rubber of which the tire is compsed. It will be further seen that by em edding the ends of the cross Wires or bars in the layers of fabric in the 12 adapted to be' lateral ridges 5 the former cannot be distorted or moved from their position, by rea- Son ofany lateral or twisting strain exerted on the tread of the tire, by reason of the fact that the fabric is ap roxlmately unyielding, and as it substantie. yenvelo s the ends of the Wires, the latter are hel thereby from moving in any direction. At the same time the Wires, by reason of their rigidity when the tire is mounted in a rim, force the lateral ridges 5 into such snug engagement with the rim on which the tire is mounted that substantially any tendency of the tire to creep in the rim or move circumferentially is approximately eliminated.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

-An im roved vehicle tire comprising a body of elitstie material having a base and a tread, the former provided'Y with circumferentially-extending ridges, a plurality of layers of fabric incorporated in said base and ridges arranged approximately parallel with the outer surfaces thereof and a plurality of separated transversely-extending bars einbedded in the base of the tire and at their ends embedded in the fabric in said ridges.

In testimony whereof Ivhave hereunto set my hand in presence of two subseribii'ig witnesses.

BENJAMIN o. sWINEi-IART.

Witnesses:

C. E. HUMPHREY, ELMA BLINN. 

